Jeseth Delgado Vela

Biofilms in the urban water cycle, nitrogen cycling microbial communities, public health surveillance via wastewater, and microbial communication in biofilms

Selected Grants

NSF Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr)

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2027

CAREER: Quorum enhanced sustainable treatment of nitrogen (QuEST-N)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2023 - 2027

Collaborative Research: URoL:ASC: Determining the relationship between genes and ecosystem processes to improve biogeochemical models for nutrient management

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2024 - 2026

Community-led Validation of a Remote Sensing and Deep Learning Approach to Identify Cyanobacteria Harmful Algal Blooms and Toxins in the Chowan River and Tris in the Tributaries of the Albemarle Sound

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2025 - 2026

RCN: Wastewater Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 and Emerging Public Health Threats

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Notre Dame · 2023 - 2025

Environmental stewardship of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico by leveraging microbes

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine · 2023 - 2024